Posted on 01/27/2011 5:46:56 AM PST by csvset
Lahore, Jan 27 (PTI) An employee of the US consulate in this eastern Pakistani city opened fire and drove his vehicle at a high speed to evade an apparent robbery, killing three persons in a busy commercial area, police said.
The firing by the US national - identified by police as Raymond David, a member of the staff at the American consulate - killed two men who were apparently trying to rob him.
A third man on a motorcycle was killed when he was hit by David''s vehicle as he attempted to leave the Mozang area of Lahore.
David''s car was intercepted by two alleged robbers, Lahore Police spokesman Niyab Haider told PTI. "I opened fire in self-defence," David was quoted as saying by the spokesman. Haider said a pistol was recovered from the two men who allegedly tried to rob the US national.
Superintendent of Police (Operations) Umar Saeed too confirmed the men who intercepted the American were armed. Police took David into custody after the incident though no case has been registered against him, officials said.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took notice of the incident and directed officials to take action against the US national according to international conventions, TV news channels reported. Footage on television showed that the front windscreen of the US national''s car was punctured by several bullets. The rear windscreen was shattered.
Witnesses said they had seen the two armed trying to hold up the US national. They said they had then seen the American firing at the two men.
The US national took photos of the two men after they fell to the ground on being hit by bullets, the witnesses said. The American spoke in Urdu and told people who surrounded his car that he had acted in self-defence, they said.
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Just another day in Lahore.
Lahore - sounds like French for lady of the evening.
This has the potential for a serious international incident. But I’m confident our president will throw Raymond David under the bus, saving us all.
“Have gun will travel”
6:35 pm ET on one of the encore channels these days...
Is that not what we would call a "Hat Trick?"
Kudos! Give the man a C-gar!
no such thing as self-defense when an western infidel mows down a muzzie, even in an accident-
I hope David gets smuggled out of Pakistan by US officials before the Paks get to hang him, but somehow I doubt obama’s peeps have the cajones
I’m guessing that this guy is some flavor of spook and that there was more than a simple robbery involved here.
Cover up for the actions of Jason Borne. Or possibly Chuck Norris.
Ding, ding, ding...we have a winner. This has “Agency” written all over it.
Cover up for the actions of Jason Borne. Or possibly Chuck Norris.
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Sarah Palin?
There's one for the ole scrap book.
Or another name those certain folks can use.
I’m hoping he e-mailed the pics to “the right people”....
The US national took photos of the two men after they fell to the ground on being hit by bullets, the witnesses said. The American spoke in Urdu and told people who surrounded his car that he had acted in self-defence, they said.
If we deconstruct this:
“Lahore, Jan 27 (PTI) An employee of the US consulate in this eastern Pakistani city opened fire and drove his vehicle at a high speed to evade an apparent robbery, killing three persons in a busy commercial area, police said.”
(A) assume from his proficiency with arms and quick decision making, Raymond David is CIA.
(B) given (a), do not assume that the purpose of the attackers was ‘robbery’. It’s reasonable that David would assume it was a kidnapping, most likely by an Al Qaeda associated group.
(C) given a and b, David’s choice was to act with lethal force, or face kidnapping, and perhaps beheading.
(D) given all the above, David faced a fight-to-the-death situation, like all of our soldiers face in Iraq and Afghanistan. Surrender is not an option.
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